Janet & LL Cool J to arrive at the “Phone Booth.”

Janet & LL Cool J to arrive at the “Phone Booth.”

 

Janet Jackson and LL Cool J will perform at the Verizon Center, in Washington DC on Wednesday October 15^th, 2008.  The Rock Wit Chu Tour is expected to get back on its leg in “the District.”

 

The Verizon Center is a sports and entertainment center.  It was formerly called the MCI Center but was bought out by Verizon and is nicknamed the “Phone Booth,” because of the association with telecommunications.  It is the home of the Wizards (NBA), the Mystics (WNBA), the Capitals (NHL) and the Georgetown University men’s basketball team.

 

The Verizon Center can seat about 20,000 people at concert events using the center stage configuration, Janet uses the end stage configuration and because of her unique stage setup the seating capacity will be much less.  I can take an educated guess of about 13,000 seating capacity,

 

Washington DC, the District of Columbia also called Washington or simply the District, is a city located north of the Potomac River bordered by the states Virginia and Maryland, but is not considered a state itself and this issue has been of great debates.  The Washington Metropolitan Area has a population of about 5.3 Million people and is the eighth largest metropolitan area in the United States, located on the East Coastal area which is the residence of over 150,000,000 people which is almost half of the United States population, so rescheduling the east coast is very important to the success of the Rock Wit Chu Tour. 

 

The population of the District is at about 600,000, however commuters from the surrounding areas puts the population over 1,000,000 daily.  The main racial breakdown of the District are African American and Caucasian with about 55% to 56% African American and 35% to 36% Caucasian, however the black population is steadily declining as many of the people of this community are relocating to the suburbs. 

 

In 1975 P Funk led by George Clinton made an album called Chocolate City referring to the huge black population of the District, even though it is the location of the White House and the Federal Government the city is predominately of African American Heritage.    However the arena is located in Washington’s downtown Chinatown and there are plenty of means of public transportation to the venue.  Janet return to the comeback tour should amount an exiting night in the District.  I think this will be the big night!

 

Frank Paul Gambino